{"title":"Ten Best Practices For Designing An Online Course","authors":"Felix Quayson, Chris Zirkle","doi":"10.55138/oh104284fcz","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55138/oh104284fcz","url":null,"abstract":"We have worked in positions in higher education that required us to lead, design, and teach online courses that emphasized on curriculum and instructional design best practices. In our roles, we interacted with experienced and inexperienced faculty members to develop courses. We witnessed the challenges faculty members faced when designing and delivering online courses. The purpose of this article is to place emphasis on ten best practices for designing an online course to support faculty members who teach online. We highlighted the design process by underlining the importance of: (i) course overview: description and rationale, (ii) designing measurable learning goals and outcomes, (iii) designing inclusive course content, (iv) designing inclusive instruction, (v) engaging the learner, (vi), designing class section outline and course schedule, (vii) making online course accessible, (viii) designing assessment and rubrics for instruction, (ix) technology interface, and (x) learning management system. Keywords: online course, online teaching, educational technology, higher education, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8444-8619","PeriodicalId":297709,"journal":{"name":"The Interdisciplinary Journal of Advances in Research in Education","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134222236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Avoiding Burnout In Helping Professions: Treatment and Intervention Strategies","authors":"Stephen Stunder, Laura A. Santanna Lonergan","doi":"10.55138/oh104284sla","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55138/oh104284sla","url":null,"abstract":"Helping professions tend to take a serious physical and emotional toll on those who work in the profession. To establish a lifestyle of avoiding overextending oneself, professionals should work to not only hone their craft, but also learn techniques and strategies to enable self-care. Learning to deploy treatment and intervention strategies to develop a solid self-care regimen will not only improve the level of service provided, but will maintain a more physically and emotionally healthy workforce. This article will explore the definition of burnout and how to identify and combat it, but also offer the opportunity for the helping profession providers to develop self-care techniques and strategies for themselves. By establishing a system and implementation strategy on the institutional level, providers can address the root of burnout. No single intervention will create a culture where burnout does not exist. However, a combination of strategies and interventions among both the institution and the individual can provide employees with a greater sense of meaning in their work, thus providing the personal investment necessary to control and eliminate burnout tendencies. Keywords: helping, emotional, burnout, self-care, regimen, techniques, strategies, investment, meaning","PeriodicalId":297709,"journal":{"name":"The Interdisciplinary Journal of Advances in Research in Education","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126436336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrating Leadership And Change: Molding Personal Leadership Style In Education","authors":"Stephen Stunder, Laura Lonergan","doi":"10.55138/ma104284sls","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55138/ma104284sls","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this article is to support the development of a personal theory of leadership and change that is supported by research and the development of change theory. In educational leadership, it is important to lead by developing personal styles of leadership rooted in theory. With a focus on collaboration, development of norms, and how leadership can foster an environment where feedback is valued, a leader can develop novel changes to sustain their academic spaces and or school district. This article suggested that educational leaders can create and track their development of leadership style as a blueprint to make sustainable decisions and changes. Also, with a focus on empowerment, an educational leader can provide their staff personnel with a chance to have a personal investment in the changes that will take place within the organization. The authors discussed the models of educational leadership and change within the perspectives of system thinking and empowerment for educational leaders to consider making substantial progress toward molding their personal leadership styles. Keywords: Educational Leadership, Change, Personal Leadership Styles, Systems Thinking, Empowerment","PeriodicalId":297709,"journal":{"name":"The Interdisciplinary Journal of Advances in Research in Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128377120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teaching And Designing Culturally Responsive Experiences Using Cross-Media Film In Higher Education","authors":"E. Cromarty, Mary Young, Simone Elias","doi":"10.55138/ma104284ems","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55138/ma104284ems","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examined the pedagogical use of cross-media film in higher education, as it highlighted cross-media in implementing a Culturally Responsive approach to enhance social justice learning in the classroom. The findings demonstrated the potential of cross-media film to engage learners through cultural relevance for the 21st century. The findings also considered that the Culturally Responsive approach may constitute a fourth pillar of the three epistemologies through research and suggestions for culturally responsive teaching practices. Keywords: cross-media, culturally responsive teaching, empathy, pedagogy, social justice, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5147-157X, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1321-1870, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8478-2537","PeriodicalId":297709,"journal":{"name":"The Interdisciplinary Journal of Advances in Research in Education","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125347306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sociocultural Perspective: The Factors Affecting African American Graduation Rate In Higher Education","authors":"Felix Quayson","doi":"10.55138/ab104284hep","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55138/ab104284hep","url":null,"abstract":"The graduation rate for African-Americans in the United States is alarming at a time when jobs require college degrees and advanced career knowledge. The disparities in African-American graduation rate are partly due to the lack of allocated resources and insufficient preparation. Educators and leaders are concerned about the challenges facing African American students and their graduation rate. Hines et al. (2020) and Kunjufu (2007) argued that the impact of class differences and socio-economics on teaching and learning puts forward other factors as better predictors for educators to gauge student performance such as embracing success stories in schools that serve low-income students and teacher training program, teacher expectations, professional development, and educational leadership are some of the main factors that determined the educational outcomes of a school. Perhaps, the most important hallmark of success for African Americans is their capacity to learn, cooperate, collaborate, and adapt. African American enrollments show improvement at the nation’s highest-ranked colleges and universities over the past quarter-century (The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 2006). The primary purpose of this article is to raise awareness on African-American graduation rate in higher education. The secondary purpose of this article is to educate administrators, faculty, institutional leaders, and those involved in the affairs of African-American education programs to become competent on the issues and challenges facing African-Americans in higher education. The author examined the factors that become barriers for African Americans in higher education setting including the role of gender and the challenges of finances in the education space through meta-analysis review of empirical knowledge on African American education. Keywords: Social Cultural Education; Urban Education; African-American, Graduation Rate, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8444-8619","PeriodicalId":297709,"journal":{"name":"The Interdisciplinary Journal of Advances in Research in Education","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123787454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Use Of Student Achievement Data In Teacher Evaluation: How Should It Be Used?","authors":"Stephen Stunder","doi":"10.55138/ab104284usa","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55138/ab104284usa","url":null,"abstract":"Student achievement data is widely recognized as a predictor of student success in education. The student achievement data is often used to determine if students are learning, understanding, processing, and retaining information. However, teachers are often unfairly evaluated based on student data, and little attention is given to student achievement outside of the classroom as well as how students without fair access to equitable resources perform. The student achievement data is also used to determine if schools are underperforming, and the data is also tied to whether or not students are proficient in subject content. These evaluations can often be tied to a teacher’s career path. This article looks to explore if teachers were more involved in the design of these evaluations, whether or not they would be a more fair assessment of teacher and student achievement. As teachers are experts in classroom environment, would teachers not be more qualified to develop fair evaluation tools to understand student and teacher achievement? Keywords: Teacher Evaluation, Student Achievement, Achievement Data","PeriodicalId":297709,"journal":{"name":"The Interdisciplinary Journal of Advances in Research in Education","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129807380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does Using Strengths-Based Therapy Improve Client’s Mental Illness?","authors":"Jennifer DiMaio-McCracken","doi":"10.55138/ab104284dus","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55138/ab104284dus","url":null,"abstract":"Strengths-based therapy does not indicate that conventional psychotherapy is negative. Career counseling tests used by counselors can identify client’s strengths, weaknesses, and interests. Most clinical assessments focus on deficits or problems, but strengths-based assessments focus on abilities, personal accomplishment, gratifying relationships, and nurturing personal and professional growth. Hope helps conquer challenges. A client’s purpose and goals are important. A focus on client’s strengths is critical. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) builds character strengths and integrity to help clients develop positive attributes. A supportive home environment shields children from dangerous risk factors. Positive clinical interventions can help families succeed. This paper is an awareness to educate therapists, clinicians, and psychologists across the globe. Keywords: Strengths-Based Therapy, Mental Illness","PeriodicalId":297709,"journal":{"name":"The Interdisciplinary Journal of Advances in Research in Education","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116788048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Special Education Considerations Of Ethical Leaders During The Turnaround Process","authors":"Melissa Saporito","doi":"10.55138/ab104284msa","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55138/ab104284msa","url":null,"abstract":"Education has entered an era of accountability with measures and school rating based largely on overall student performance on high-stakes assessments. Schools identified as at-risk or underperforming are mandated under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) to take a course of action to improve student achievement. This has led the charge for schools to adopt improvement initiatives or models across the country. The focus of education has therefore become one of achievement rather than one of learning. In design these improvement efforts, as Heward points out, are “focused on student outcomes, particularly helping all students, including students with disabilities, reach high academic and occupational skill standards” (as cited in Koh & Robertson, 2003, p. 422). Keywords: Special Education, Ethical Leadership, Ethics in Education","PeriodicalId":297709,"journal":{"name":"The Interdisciplinary Journal of Advances in Research in Education","volume":"9 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131956896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eric V. Franco, Jennifer DiMaio-McCracken, Jennifer Innocenti
{"title":"A Comparison Of Group and Individual Clinical Supervision","authors":"Eric V. Franco, Jennifer DiMaio-McCracken, Jennifer Innocenti","doi":"10.55138/ab104284eji","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55138/ab104284eji","url":null,"abstract":"The authors’ agree that clinical supervision is critical to therapists’ professional development whether the therapist is a veteran or a novice. It is equally important when conducting individual or group therapy sessions. The important aspect of clinical supervision is that it enhances lifelong learning and transforms relationships in the workplace. Regardless of the level of education that the therapist may attain [masters or doctorate]; an effective clinical supervision improves clinical and personal experiences. Moreover, clinical supervisors should support effective clinical supervision because it supports therapists’ employment longevity and helps them to develop exceptional clinical skills within their professional fields. The authors utilized meta-analysis of scholarly knowledge of prior research studies on the topic of group and individual clinical supervision in order to educate academics and therapists about the importance of comparing group and individual supervision as well as the pathway to professional development. The authors did not utilize the scholarly knowledge of prior research studies to create new knowledge; however, the authors’ primary purpose of this article is to enhance understanding of group and individual clinical supervision and how it can improve therapists’ professional development. Keywords: Group Supervision, Individual Supervision, Clinical Supervision","PeriodicalId":297709,"journal":{"name":"The Interdisciplinary Journal of Advances in Research in Education","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125749657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Demographic Shift And Economic Competitiveness: The Effect On Educational Policy","authors":"Stephen Stunder","doi":"10.55138/ab104284sjs","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55138/ab104284sjs","url":null,"abstract":"The author makes a compelling argument that recent global affairs trends and events affect most of educational decisions in the academic environment including educational policies. As policies that affect academics, students, schooling, and education are shaped by world leaders, legislative bodies, advocates, think tank groups, and policy analysts, educational leaders must be aware of the global landscape to become innovators and open-minded as well as examine the impact of how these global affairs trends and events have on the execution of educational policies. Over the years, there has been a great shift in the population demographics of not just in the Unites States, but the world in general. Global affairs trends and events such as mass migration, illegal immigration, unemployment, the family unit, intercontinental wars including civil wars in diverse regions of the world, pandemic, social injustice, urban development, workforce development, inequity and inequality, and other public policy issues shift have become the burden of educational professionals in uncountable ways. In addition, the United States economic competitiveness in the world continues to shape the educational policies and impact student affairs in institutions throughout the USA. Students of all backgrounds can benefit from access to educational resources, and as demographics shift continues across school districts and higher education institutions in the United States, a more diverse student population inhabiting American schools can be great for all students to contribute to the economic competitiveness of the United States. Overall, these global affairs trends and events have led educational policymakers to unchartered areas when it comes to how to address policy needs throughout the American school system. Keywords: Demographic Shift; Economic Competitiveness; Educational Policy, American Education System","PeriodicalId":297709,"journal":{"name":"The Interdisciplinary Journal of Advances in Research in Education","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128602229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}